Hayley Matthews’ glowing half-century and Amelia Kerr’s first fifer within the Ladies’s Premier League took Mumbai Indians to a six-wicket win towards UP Warriorz on the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Chasing 151, MI knocked off the goal in 18.3 overs, hampering Warriorz’s hopes of creating the Eliminator. Georgia Voll’s 55 – her maiden WPL fifty – for the host went in useless.
The win took Mumbai to second within the desk. It has eight factors after six video games. UP Warriorz, in the meantime, stays on 4 factors and continues to languish on the backside of the desk.
AS IT HAPPENED | MI vs UPW Highlights
By the point Matthews mistimed a pull to be caught at midwicket for 68 (46 balls, 8×4, 2×6), she had taken her staff to the cusp of victory. She was in beautiful contact previous to that solitary indiscretion, threading the gaps on the outfield routinely to make sure that MI was all the time in charge of the asking charge.
Amongst her eye-catching strokes, there was a forehand slap over mid-on towards a half-tracker by Chinelle Henry that carried all the way in which for six. She introduced up her fifty off 35 balls with a minimize towards Deepti Sharma by way of level. Nat Sciver-Brunt chipped in with a 23-ball 37, elevating a 92-run stand with Matthews for the second wicket.
Their stand overshadowed Voll and Grace Harris’ opening alliance of 74 for Warriorz. Voll was the aggressor on this partnership, slicing and pulling with authority.
As soon as the openers departed, Kerr pegged Warriorz again with a spate of wickets. Her first three deliveries on the evening had been dispatched for boundaries, however she didn’t draw back from persevering with to toss the ball up and tease the large shot.
Within the fifteenth over, she accounted for Vrinda Dinesh at long-on and Henry at long-off within the area of three balls. She additionally deceived Deepti within the air to have the left-hand batter stumped.
The scores:
UP Warriorz 150/9 in 20 overs (Georgia Voll 55, Amelia Kerr 5/38, Hayley Matthews 2/25) misplaced to Mumbai Indians 153/4 in 18.3 overs (Matthews 68, Nat Sciver-Brunt 37, Grace Harris 2/11).